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rawstory.com:
Second Cheney aide cooperating in leak probe, those close to case say — A second aide to Vice President Dick Cheney is cooperating with the special prosecutor's probe into the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, those close to the investigation say.
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Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
Bush whacked Rove on CIA leak — WASHINGTON - An angry President Bush rebuked chief political guru Karl Rove two years ago for his role in the Valerie Plame affair, sources told the Daily News. — "He made his displeasure known to Karl," a presidential counselor told The News.
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Waltisfrozen / The Talent Show:
Bush Caught In A Lie? — Ummm....I told you so. Two weeks ago when everyone was buzzing about The National Journal report that Rove lied to George Bush, I wrote : … And it turns out, Rove didn't lie to Bush after all : … But here's something to chew on. What if both stories are correct?
John / AMERICAblog:
Bush knew Rove was the leaker in 2003. Lied in 2004 when he said he didn't know who leaked. Obstruction of Justice. — As a follow-on to Joe's post below, that article is a bombshell. And here's why: — From the NY Daily News: … So: — 1. We just had a two year investigation costing …
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Suzanne Gamboa / wjla.com:
Texas Court Issues Warrant for DeLay — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas court on Wednesday issued a warrant for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's arrest, and set an initial $10,000 bail as a routine step before his first court appearance on conspiracy and state money laundering charges …
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BBC:
Defiant Saddam pleads not guilty — Saddam Hussein's trial has begun in Baghdad with the ousted Iraqi leader defiantly questioning the validity of the court before pleading not guilty. — He refused to confirm his identity telling the presiding judge: "Who are you? What is all this?"
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Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:Let justice be served. — While Baghdad's streets were nearly empty …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
A Hint On Hannah — The NY Times does not have the conviction to print the rumor, but they give the John Hannah story a whiff of oxygen, in their own endearing and cryptic way. — From the very last paragraph of their story telling us that Fitzgerald will probably not issue a final report:
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Cold Fury
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NY Daily News:
Eyes wide open: Biographer digging for info on Cruise — Tom Cruise has a new biographer - even though he probably doesn't want one. — Andrew Morton - who scaled the best-seller lists with books about Princess Diana, Madonna and Monica Lewinsky - is digging for fresh bits about the diminutive box-office Goliath.
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:Bill Keller and the View From Down There
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The American Street
strategypage.com:
Tribes Hired to Guard the Border — October 18, 2005: In Anbar Province, the large desert region of western Iraq that borders Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, the government has apparently reached an agreement with several of the Sunni tribes to form a "Desert Protection Force."
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:Securing the Syrian Border - An Unconventional Solution
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Peter Schweizer / Tech Central Station:
The Branding of the World's Top Intellectual: Noam Chomsky — Editor's note: In light of news that a British poll identified Noam Chomsky as the world's leading intellectual, we thought it would be a valuable exercise to run this excerpt from Peter Schweizer's new book Do As I Say (Not As I Do) …
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Joe Kovacs / WorldNetDaily:
Sheehan thrashing 'war hawk' Hillary — Cindy tears into Clinton for Iraq support, compares her to radio's Rush Limbaugh — Cindy Sheehan, the so-called "peace mom" on a crusade to end U.S. involvement in the Iraq war, is publicly blasting Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., for her continued support of the ongoing conflict.
Maria Jesus Prades / Associated Press:
Spanish Judge Issues Warrant for Three GIs — MADRID, Spain - A judge has issued an international arrest warrant for three U.S. soldiers whose tank fired on a Baghdad hotel during the Iraq war, killing a Spanish journalist and a Ukrainian cameraman, a court official said Wednesday.
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Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Will She or Won't She? — For a lot of people on both the left and right, the single most important question about Harriet Miers' nomination to the US Supreme Court is whether she will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade or not. Many of these folks are one-issue voters who care only about results …
Natalie Bennett / Philobiblon:
The Carnival of Feminists No 1 — Welcome! to the first Carnival of Feminists. In this show there are no captive animals or "freak" displays, but plenty of passion, lots of fun, and more than the odd bit of juggling of life. — Since there's no sexism here, I'm going to begin the carnival …
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Rice Won't Rule Out Force on Syria, Iran — WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday refused to rule out the possibility of U.S. troops still serving in Iraq in 10 years or U.S. military force against Syria and Iran. — Rice deferred to the decisions of President Bush …
Victoria Toensing / Human Events:
The White House's Legal Katrina — There now appears to be consensus that no one violated the 1982 Agent Identities Protection Act in publishing the name of CIA employee Valerie Plame. — It's a hard law to violate. Its high threshold requires that the person whose identity …
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Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Students Show Few Gains Since 'No Child' — Math Up Slightly, Reading No Improvement — Despite a new federal educational testing law championed by the Bush administration, scores among fourth and eighth graders failed to show any improvements in reading, and showed only slow gains …
